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  of 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  cheapening 
  somewhat 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  Hving. 
  I 
  urge 
  

   upon 
  the 
  organization 
  a 
  campaign 
  of 
  education, 
  a 
  campaign 
  which 
  

   will 
  reach 
  through 
  the 
  women's 
  clubs, 
  civic 
  organizations, 
  schools 
  

   and 
  state 
  associations 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  will 
  cause 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  demand 
  

   more 
  nuts 
  for 
  food 
  and 
  more 
  nut 
  trees 
  as 
  an 
  absolutely 
  indispensable 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  complete 
  utilization 
  of 
  both 
  the 
  agricultural 
  and 
  forest 
  

   soils 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  The 
  agencies 
  working 
  for 
  agriculture 
  and 
  forestry 
  

   in 
  a 
  state 
  like 
  New 
  York 
  understand 
  these 
  problems, 
  but 
  often 
  it 
  

   remains 
  for 
  an 
  organization 
  like 
  yours 
  to 
  bring 
  these 
  forces 
  into 
  

   active 
  play 
  and 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  results 
  for 
  which 
  you 
  are 
  working. 
  

   Before 
  j^ou 
  can 
  achieve 
  lasting 
  results 
  and 
  results 
  commensurate 
  

   with 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  effort 
  which 
  you 
  are 
  putting 
  into 
  the 
  organization, 
  

   you 
  must 
  get 
  hold 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  and 
  the 
  woman 
  who 
  spend 
  the 
  dollars 
  

   for 
  the 
  living 
  of 
  our 
  people. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  Forestry 
  at 
  Syracuse 
  Experimenting 
  with 
  Nut 
  

   Culture 
  

  

  Soon 
  after 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Forest 
  Exper- 
  

   iment 
  Station 
  south 
  of 
  Syracuse 
  the 
  college 
  took 
  up 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  

   growing 
  nut 
  trees 
  and 
  of 
  improving 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  nuts 
  of 
  native 
  

   species. 
  On 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Forest 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  just 
  

   south 
  of 
  Syracuse, 
  where 
  the 
  college 
  is 
  growing 
  a 
  million 
  forest 
  

   trees 
  a 
  year, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  woodlot 
  of 
  thirty 
  acres. 
  In 
  this 
  woodlot 
  

   were 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  native 
  nut 
  trees 
  and 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  set 
  aside 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  grafting 
  and 
  improving 
  to 
  see 
  what 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  

   helping 
  out 
  native 
  nut 
  trees 
  of 
  different 
  ages 
  and 
  sizes. 
  

  

  In 
  1913 
  the 
  college 
  purchased 
  a 
  thousand 
  acres 
  of 
  cut-over 
  land 
  

   two 
  hours 
  south 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  in 
  Cattaraugus 
  County. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  

   time 
  it 
  purchased 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirteen 
  acres 
  lying 
  along 
  the 
  main 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  Railroad 
  at 
  Chittenango 
  in 
  Madison 
  

   County. 
  This 
  past 
  spring 
  nut 
  trees 
  were 
  ordered 
  from 
  nurseries 
  

   in 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  heavy 
  soils 
  on 
  the 
  Chittenango 
  

   Forest 
  Station 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Forest 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  at 
  

   Syracuse. 
  At 
  the 
  Salamanca 
  station 
  young 
  nut 
  trees 
  are 
  being 
  

   staked 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  protected 
  and 
  cared 
  for 
  with 
  a 
  hope 
  of 
  

   developing 
  them 
  as 
  nut-producing 
  trees. 
  The 
  college 
  plans, 
  as 
  a 
  

   part 
  of 
  its 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Forest 
  Investigations, 
  to 
  see 
  

   what 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  grafting 
  chestnut 
  sprouts 
  and 
  in 
  

   introducing 
  nut-growing 
  trees 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  demonstrating 
  

   that 
  idle 
  lands 
  within 
  farms 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  profitably 
  for 
  nut 
  culture. 
  

   The 
  college 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  glad, 
  indeed, 
  to 
  learn 
  of 
  any 
  native 
  nut 
  

   trees 
  of 
  unusual 
  value 
  anywhere 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  anxious 
  to 
  

  

  